United World College South East Asia (UWCSEA) is a private international school in Singapore. The College was opened in 1971 as Singapore International School and became the United World College of South East Asia in 1975 as a UWC movement member.
United World College of South East Asia is a welcoming community of more than 5000 students of 93 different nationalities across two campuses: Dover and East Campus.
The learning program at UWCSEA is based on five elements: academics, activities, outdoor education, personal and social education, and service, and the school has a written curriculum for four of those five elements: Academics, Outdoor Education, Personal and Social Education, and Service.
UWCSEA provides a concept-based curriculum, designed to develop the knowledge, skills and understandings that the students will need to shape a better world. Learning at UWCSEA is organized around the development of disciplinary or interdisciplinary concepts (transferable ideas). The curriculum is shared across both campuses.
In the High School, the Standards, Conceptual Understandings and Benchmarks specifically take into account the requirements of the external examining bodies that set the (I)GCSE and IBDP examinations.
In High School, the academic curriculum takes into account the requirements of external examining bodies and there are three offerings:
- Grade 9: IGCSE, a two-year program culminating in external examinations at the end of Grade 10
- Grade 10: FIB, a one-year foundation to prepare students with the knowledge and skills for the IB Diploma, which culminates in internal examinations.
- Grade 11: graduates are awarded a UWCSEA High School Diploma, Most students also follow the two-year IB Diploma Programme (IBDP) which culminates in the IB external examinations.
United World College of South East Asia – East Campus is a vibrant campus hosting over 2,500 students, 161 members of which are boarders, including 48 UWCSEA and UWC National Committee scholars.
The campus was created to be sustainable and allow innovative education practice. It is located in the business hub of Tampines and provides outstanding facilities for academics, arts, sports and professional learning.
Tuition Fees for the academic year 2023-2024 vary from S$ 34,569 in Kindergarten and Grade 1 to S$44,295 in High School per school year.
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